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[quote=Anonymous]I think people volunteer less now, but I don't think Covid had anything to do with it.  When my kids were young, we did a co-op preschool, where I was in the classroom sometimes.  In ES, I was a PTA board member, ran an event every year, and managed various sports teams.  Oh - and volunteered for seim team.  As they got older, I did more with their outside of school activities, and at our church, but always volunteered, and always helped recruit additional volunteers terms.

Kids are in college now, but it got harder and harder to recruit volunteers as the kids got older.  My parents both were lifelong volunteers, and I followed suit.  I didn't see that in other friends and other families in our community.  I chalked it up to more 2-parent working families, more single parent families, and more recently, to the "every man for himself" rather than the "it takes a village" attitude.

FWIW, I think giving back is important and continue to do so.  I don't feel like a doormat (which is what is claimed here all the time), I feel like supporting others and helping others is what you're supposed to do for your fellow humans.[/quote]

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